Name: Browningia hertlingiana (Backeb.) Buxb.
Common names: Blue Cereus, Blue Cactus
Type: Phanerophyte
Family: Cactaceae
Native Range: Mantaro Valley (central regions of Apurímac, Ayacucho and Huancavelica), southern Peru
Habitat: occurs on slopes of inter-Andean valleys in dry Andean forests
Height: to 800 cm
Spread: to 400 cm
Sun: Part shade
Water: low
Maintenance: Low
Leaf: Evergreen
Tolerate: Semi Shade
Taxon identifiers: ITIS TSN : 908184 NCBI taxonomy ID : 153842 Encyclopedia of Life ID : 5187561 GBIF taxon ID : 3946522 PlantList-ID : kew-2683908 IPNI plant ID : 129134-1 Tropicos ID : 5101735 CITES Species+ ID : 18859 IUCN taxon ID : 152226 Plants of the World online ID : urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:129134-1 iNaturalist taxon ID : 438085 World Flora Online ID : wfo-0000572639 Google Knowledge Graph ID : /g/121zcc18 Open Tree of Life ID : 345475 Catalogue of Life ID : 68SLB
Synonyms: = Azureocereus ciliisquamus F.Ritter ≡ Azureocereus hertlingianus (Backeb.) Backeb. = Azureocereus hertlingianus f. viridis (Rauh & Backeb.) Guiggi = Azureocereus nobilis Akers = Azureocereus viridis Rauh & Backeb. = Browningia viridis (Rauh & Backeb.) Buxb. ≡ Clistanthocereus hertlingianus Backeb.